According to the type of the verb, 7 sentence-patterns
can be distinguished.
|
Pattern
|
Example
|
Type of the verb
|
|
SV
|
She succeeded.
|
Intransitive verb
|
|
SVA
|
She lives in Britain.
|
intensive verb with
obligatory adverb
|
|
SVC
|
He is serious.
|
Intensive verb with
complementation
|
|
SVO
|
She is preparing the
dinner.
|
Mono-transitive verb
|
|
VOO
|
He offered his son a bicycle.
|
Di-transitive verb
|
|
SVOA
|
She puts the book down.
|
Complex-transitive verb
|
|
SVOC
|
The students made the
teacher angry.
|
Complex-transitive verb
|